Page 253 of Playing Dirty
“You good?” he asked.
His voice sounded rougher now.
Not emotional.
Just… lower.
Like he was forcing it steady.
I should step back.
Instead I looked up at him and said, “You ask me that every five minutes.”
“That’s because you keep almost dying at this party.”
“I tripped twice.”
“You walked directly into danger both times.”
“I walked intoyouboth times.”
The second the words left my mouth, I regretted them.
Not because they sounded flirty.
Because Mason’s grip tightened for like half a second before loosening again.
And damn.
That felt important.
MASON
She looked at me right after saying it too.
Like she heard how it sounded.
Like she was waiting to see if I did too.
Bad idea.
Very bad idea.
Jace appeared beside us again because apparently the universe hated me personally.
“You guys know you’re still touching, right?”
Rowan jerked backward immediately.
I let go too fast again.
For one second, Rowan looked annoyed about it.
Actually annoyed.
Interesting.
Very interesting.
